Beth Rigby

I just swapped to Sky news from BBC and have been quite impressed. I do watch Politics Live on BBC every day but the rest of the time it is very repetitive, especially at weekends.

Sorry Blinko when you said no use of first names I thought he used surnames, I didn’t listen to him

AB he didn't use any names when addressing males.. just answered the question. Well as far as he ever answers a question...

Possibly not patronising. Use of surnames of males was common in public schools , don’t know if is still so.

Anyone else irritated by Boris's patronising use of female questioners' first names. When responding to a male interlocutor, he gave straight back, man to man. No use of first names.

Agree with you Pogs, BBC news coverage not good, it is also very biased. Beth is brilliant, always clear and unruffled despite the Westminster chaos around her.

She is a political reporter on Sky. She might have a grander title than that. I think Sky's political coverage is very good but she is so annoyin!

Who’s Beth Rigby?

I hadn't noticed the other things POGS but I'm on edge waiting for another missed g. I expect I'll spot the other things now as well.

No; I think she's great. Even asked Johnson about his burkha [sp] comments [good for her]. Not bothered about her accent...

I must admit I find Beth Rigby a tad irritating speech wise.

Another example is she says ' har' not ' her', ' possed' not ' passed', ' father' not ' further'.

I am an avid 24 /7 news watcher and prefer to watch Sky News and Aljajeera for news, the BBC is very poor, especially when news breaks and they still show the Victoria Derbyshire show and Sky are airing up to the minute, breaking news.